The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-06
TO ALL THAT SADLY-AFFLIC1'ED
ANDMUCH- T0-BE-PITIED CLASS
OF UNFOhTUNATES,
Known to the Werld as Opium and
Morphine Eaters.

the fearful naOlJ or daily use vi
morphine; | did this every day for
period Of several months and then left
of its use without any inconvenience
whatever. This fact led me to believe
that those called opium or morphine
users were controlled simply by the
appetite, or to be more explicit,
through a weakness of the will to re>
sist it. Believing this, (and certainly
had some ground for the belize, having
already used it for nearly year, and
then leaving it off as easily as if l had
never tasted it, | imagined that |
was an exception, and could never be
subjugated to such an extent that l
could not, by the exercise of my will,
emancipate myself from the thralldOm
of any opiate; but alas alas and yet
alas! How Wofully. how hopelessly
and dispairingly did | afterwards, in
tears. and prayers, and mental an
guish, realize my terrible mistake !
When | again attempted to relinquish
the habit, | realized, all to late, the
irnn>like strength of tie shackles
that bound me. | felt that my life
was in jeopardy and would sooner
have yielded up my life than endure
the anguish consequent upon II relin>
quishment of the opiate. felt and
realized the indiscribable horror Of
my position. | tried to palliate my
mental agony Ivy the fact that | WAS
ignorant of the diabolic nature of the
drug when | contracted its habitual
use, for my former experience led me
to believe that those who used it did
it through choice, or throug h a want
of the will to discontinue it; but that
theory, | soon learned, was utterly
fallacious and impracticable, aud upon
that point, do believe that perhaps
every victim of this drug has suffered
in the opinion of his friends. The
dearest friends | ever had have begged
and entreated and besOught me
in tears to quit ito leave it Oft.
My own beloved m)ther, now, |
doubt not, gloriied spirit, closed
her dear eyes in death, grieving and
sorrOwing over me. which was only
another ranking arrow in my heart,
for leaving out my hope Of Heaven
| was conscious of no stronger wish
and PRAYER than to he delivered from
my bondage to morphine and lauda'
mum; and if the glorifed in Heaven
can know of their loved ones here,
my dear mother waves on high her
palm of victory, and her glad shOu!
rises high above all the angelic host,
for my redemption. For just about
a month since, when | had grieved
until had almost ceased to hope, and
} believed that my earthly career wa:
almost run, star of hope Cat FIRST,
, faint and glimmering, but now blaz
ing in the zenith of nOontide brillian'
Cyl arise upon the dark horizon d
my life. l refer to my FIRST acquain
/, lance with that Christian and philan
tropic gentlemen, DR.. j. G. Long, o
Medina, Tenn. He had learned o
my bondage to opiates and came tt
tell me Of remedy. AT first, o
. course, was afraid to hope. but afte
e listening to his description of such Ca
4 ses as mine, soon saw that he wa
well-infOrmed on the subject, anC
' knew the whole history of the habit
| became convinced that there wa
] vet a chance for me to throw off my
shackles and be once more what lhaC
been in the past, free woman, per
forming the.duties devOlving upon me
p My friends. the best woman was ev
3, er blest with determined that | shoul:
test the remedy, aud | have done 50
f The remedy was Originlly discovered
by DR.. l.. E. Keely, of Dwight, Ill.
and has since been added to and per
+ fected h, DIR. }. g. Long himself, ant
to-day l declare that | have heel
{ treated and cured Ivy DIR. Long of Me
dina, Tenn, and | further say that
: believe his remedy. called the Gol,
Cure, is far, far ahead of any othe
II remedy Of its kind, and is pre-emi
e nently the best in the United States
+. or perhaps in the world. | woul'
further say, for the benefit Of the al
ficled. that all who are in the tolls II
> those arch-hends, opium, morphine
5 laudanum or whisky, that you nee,
?. despair no longer. but write to, o
- (much better) visit DIR. j. &. Long, q
Medina, Tenn, acquaint him with
Il statement of your case, then implicit
r ly obey his directions, and You will II
e assuredly be cured, and without pal
=. or any real suffering, as that any IN,
of the universe should cease to acu
and you will rrjoice with me that yo
u ever heard Of Drs. l. +. KeeIy nm
:. J. e Lnug. And nov. il y"u ca
e still doubt this remedy, shall be gla